I have on my server a custom install of python because multiple people use this server so I renamed the binary to python27 and configured my bash accordingly. It works fine in the bash shell, but now I'm trying to configure the remote interpreter in pycharm and it does not recognize python27 as a python interpreter. It throws an error that the interpreter is not found in that path. If I change the path to point directly to python27 file it ignores my setting all together and uses the default python file location. How can I get pycharm to use my custom install of python?

Also I've looked through the pycharm documentation and haven't found anything helpful. Your help is appreciated.

It's not clear why renamed python is not recognized, but the proper solution would be to create a virtualenv instead of just renaming the interpreter binary. PyCharm supports virtualenvs just fine and you should be able to add this remote interpreter.
–
CrazyCoderMay 4 '13 at 16:31